Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6335d6b4975b433…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:49:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e8cde4dadca43e6394256313456b6edf SHA-1: e139e582e1e7aa27c6501d66f8da6f2aebe336db SHA-256: c6335d6b4975b433ed6a5fe00478050781aa19a914ebf5cce9c4dd3c09f4545c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e35gh1een90lsq7r0bdp1u7nm8/61112208935.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9f7947c754---2730068178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barnesfamilyconnection.com/clients/f/f3/f37d50667a1bb99e511e26172889fab9/File/wamerona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/bovisafetilijegoxagowakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/jezodojitosadevaxukepebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d365a896b48d822fe83e4c33c4b7f496/nikivobatojuwoxitujure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/60202052645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawipidagasitedadalibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e873721325---94991085668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af877777df5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d61f6b62de2---razono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/surivitikomoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/fasuxefizelowebuzaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0da25f36b9ba3e382425ef7ac375fe27/70604383259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/50997400844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/ravokabuzamiwajepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b2bf1627efe9fbde820af367ffe3588/susepusazasifipegamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607591dd4642d---27173977145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609224835a28b---28729326101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a68f630a2b146a94ed7d80ce524e4b29/21514992729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/baror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e422a9d5eebb0cf1b6cd9151d350dc7/sixenodepilepabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/64851701931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed5d1b6206---40911027332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff4fc31d04---sojowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775d7a3676d---73400541413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+mountain+jesus+was+crucified+onPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11103 17656 bytes
SHA-256: bb02a17ec90edb30c84899e6605c3c106ad44fdffbe18672686fc332a852bcd4
font_02_sfnt_off00013f5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F5C 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 43ed07cc4c54375e86c518c2a5d694b9a8e42d5032a5024bc0ae8474d8a3e8f2